search for Russian synonyms

[Julia Trubikhina]

shapely, ???????, ?????? ????????? (statnaia; khorosho slozhennaia)
well-built, ? ??????? ??????? (s khoroshei figuroi)
curvacious, ? ??????????? ??????? (s prekrasnymi formami)
fascinating, ????????????, ??????????????? (plenitel'naia, 
obvorozhitel'naia)
magnetic, ????????????? (pritiagivaiushchaia)
hypnotic, ??????????, ?????????????? (pritiagivaiushchaia, 
zavorazhivaiushchaia)
spell-binding, ??????????????, ?????????? (ocharovatel'naia, 
prelestnaia)
seductive, ??????????????? (soblaznitel'naia)
appealing, ??????????????? (privlekatel'naia)
feminine. ??????????? (zhenstvennaia)

well-endowed is the one that would be in a different stylistic 
"register" in Russian, unless it's just neutral: "with large 
breasts"--? ??????? ?????? (s bol'shoi grud'iu)
Otherwise, ?????????, ??????? (grudastaia, iadrenaia)
And of course there is a score of less and less "decent" epithets...:)


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Julia Trubikhina

Assistant Professor of Russian
Russian Program Coordinator
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
Montclair State University
Dickson Hall, Room 138
Montclair, NJ 07043


-----Original Message-----
From: Prof Steven P Hill <s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU>
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Sent:         Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:14:15 -0500
Subject: [SEELANGS] search for Russian synonyms

  Dear  colleagues:

One of our more senior colleagues, the famous sociologist Prof. John
D. Rimberg (for short, he uses "John Rim"), asked me to post his query
(below),  after his own efforts  to cope with SEELANGS' tricky 
enrollment
procedures were not crowned with success.  Glad to oblige.

If feminine pulchritude is not the usual subject matter on this most
highly respected,  esteemed, and  distinguished list-server (ahem),
John Rim's query can provide us with a little change of pace.  Replies
can be addressed back to him ("Angel") or to this list-server.--Steven
P Hill, Univ. of Illinois.
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Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 09:49:45
From: John Rim <angel_ppc at yahoo.com>
Subject: Russian synonyms

Please help me identify Russian words, especially contemporary
words, that can express admiration for the female figure, female
body, female attributes, female wiles, and female movement
("body English"),  consistent with contemporary Russian cultural
values.

Have used full-figured [ polnaya ] and this apparently communicates
well.

Would like to have RUSSIAN EQUIVALENTS, in the same context,
for such similar terms as:
shapely,
well-built,
well-endowed,
curvacious,
fascinating,
magnetic,
hypnotic,
spell-binding,
seductive,
appealing,
feminine.

Will you help with this semantic project of mine ? Hope so.-- John Rim.
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